--- title: "Mrs Elliott's cool reader's club - Darcey" url: "https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2023-04-26-mrs-elliott-s-cool-reader-s-club-darcey" school: "Penwortham Priory Academy" --- # Mrs Elliott's cool reader's club - Darcey ![Image of Mrs Elliott's cool reader's club - Darcey](https://files.schudio.com/penwortham-priory-academy/images/news/Penwortham-08228_This_one.jpg) 26 April 2023 #### Here's what our Cool Readers Club is all about... These are our reading stars put forward by their English teacher. We interview them about their current book, what they like reading about and what they like to do when they’re not reading. Introducing Darcey... Darcey says the book ‘STAGS’ by MA Bennett is a real page-turner. The Year 8 said: “It’s about a girl that moves to a school and apparently all her friends are killers and she doesn’t know why. She also fancies a boy and that's where I am up to. “It’s really interesting and I can’t wait to find out what happens next so I am reading it when I can! “Another book I enjoyed was ‘Black Flamingo’ about a boy who is a mixed-race gay teen who becomes a drag artist. It’s interesting to find out about people’s lives.” Darcey’s favourite subjects in school are Science and English. “I like reading but I am not sure what I want to be in the future. I think I will go to Newman College and see where I go from there.” Darcey's AR teacher, Mrs Shaw, added, "Darcey has had the book for a few weeks now and at the start she was really unsure whether she would like it. She persevered and now loves it and can't read enough! She came in to lesson to tell me about the story so far and that she was reading more - at bedtime, in the morning before school and instead of sleeping in the car on the way in, she is reading. Her favourite character in STAGS is Shafeen, a kind and thoughtful teenager who has the potential to 'murder' the people who are mean to him" [English](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/tag/english) [ Mayor visits Penwortham Priory Academy](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2023-04-19-mayor-visits-penwortham-priory-academy) [Year 8 pupil is leading the way in community centre projects ](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/news/2023-04-27-year-8-pupil-is-leading-the-way-in-community-centre-projects) ### Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE 01772 320250 ### Useful Links - [New Year 7 Transition](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/transition) - [The School Day](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/the-school-day) - [Facility Hire](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/facility-hire-at-priory) - [Term Dates](https://www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/termdates) - [Letters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters) ### Useful Links - [Newsletters](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/newsletters) - [OFSTED](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/about-priory/ofsted-report) - [Online Payments](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/internet-payments) - [Staff Contact](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/staff-contact-list) - [Vacancies](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/staff/vacancies) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/priorystc) - [X](https://twitter.com/@priorystc) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/penworthampriory/) Penwortham Priory Academy Trust is operating as a single academy trust. It is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England with Company Number 08133703 School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://priory.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)